Sunday Writing Chat

The Toasted Cheese Sunday Writing Chat is hosted by Broker at SlashNET.org. Chats are held every Sunday at 4PM Eastern Time / 1PM Pacific. Not in North America? Convert to your time zone.

You can use an IRC program (or client) on your computer to connect to the chat.

To connect to the chat using your own IRC client:

Download and install an IRC client, if you do not already have one.The SlashNET page linked above lists some popular clients. Some instant messaging programs such as Pidgin or Trillian also support IRC. If you have never used IRC before, you can find information and advice at ircbeginner.com.

Connect to one of the SlashNET servers. On most clients the command looks like this:/server irc.slashnet.org

Join the writing channel. On most clients the command looks like this:/join #writing

If you want to change your chat name, use the /nick command followed by the name you want to use. For example, typing /nick tc-writer will change your chat name to “tc-writer”.

To log out at the end of the chat, type /quit.

If you do not want to install a special program to participate in the chat, there are some Web sites that have built-in clients.

Click Login. The chat opens in a new window (it may take a few moments).

To log out at the end of the chat, type /quit then close the window.

Another client can be found here. You can connect to the chat without downloading the program by scrolling down to the section called “Applet Version.” Enter irc.slashnet.org for the server and #writing for the channel, then click Connect. It will open up some new windows. When the chatroom window comes up, type /nick name-you-want-to-use and you should be good to go.